ARRIVES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 10, 10 May 1881, Page 2

ARRIVES.

May 9. s'enmer Lady B;irkly, 30, Walker, from Motueka. — cutter Midge, 10, TCure, from Waitapu. — schooner VVaioiutii, 1(5, Robinson, from Haveloclc 10, steamer Wall/ice, SG, Scott, fiom Weilington. Passensrera : Mrs Shittlewooc!, Messrs Haip^r, D.evanney (2), and 4 in steerage. — steamer Penguin, 4^2, Malcolm, from I'ictou, Wellington and Lyttelton. Captain Edwin reported at 2.10 p-in:— *< Bad weather approaching between west and south and south-east. Glass will rise very soon," The Charles Edward is still detained by bad weather at Ilokitika, and there is no cbance of her ie ving 10-o'ay. The Arawata, with the Suez mail, arrived at the Bluff this mcruing from Melbourne via Hobart. The Grafton leaves Wellington to-night, will arrive here to-morrow morning, and sail at 2 o'clock iv the afternoon for Westport and Gre^mouth.

The Hawea leaves Onehunga this afternoon, will arrive here to-morrow night, and sail at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning for Pieton, Wellington, and Lyttelton.

The Penguin arrived hr-re thi3 afternoon, having left Picton at 10 30 p.m. yesterday. She reached the French Pass t-arly this morning, but owing to the thick weather prevailing it was not deemed prudent to attempt to come through, and she came to an anchor until low water, when she proceeded on to this port, arriving here at 3.30 p.m. The Penguin sails for Pictou, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunediu hy the Bnine tide nt 5 p.m. The Wallace left Wellington at 2 30 p.m. yesterday, and experienced strong NW. winds with heavy sea during the passage. She was detained at the French Pass by thick weather until 6 30 this morning, when she came through, arriving here at 11*30 a.m. She Bails for Wanganui at 12 o'clock to-night. The largest mercantile steamer in the world, with the exception of the Great. Eastern, was launched from the yards of Messrs .T. acd G. Thompson, snip builders Glasgow, on March 2. She was named the Servian and was built for the Canard Company. She exceeds by nearly 3000 tons any stetmer yet launched. Her length is 530 feet, breadth 52 feet, nnd depth of hold 44 feet 9 inches, giving a gross tonnge of 8500 tons. The carrying capacity, 9300 tons, is divided as follows -.—Cargo, 6500 tons; coals, 1800 tons; and ballast water, 1000 tons. This monster vessel has four decks and a promenade deck. The grand saloon is on the main deck, and is 74 feet hy 49 feet, and forward and aft of the 9aloon aie the state rooms, which number 158, with accommodation for 450 firat-clas3 passengers. There are to be permanent berths for 600 steerage passengers, but these can be increased to hold 2000 if necessery. The keel is 6$ inches thick, and there are 9 water tight bulkheads, the vessel being double bottomed. The propeller and shaft are made of steel, and, with their appliances, weigh about 55 tons. The machinery consists of three cylinder compound surface condensing engines, two beiDg 100 inches, and the other being 72 inches in diameter, with a piston stroke 6| feet, and it is expected to obtain therefrom 10,500 indicated horse-power. The boilers, seven . in number, are steel, six of them being double-ended.